Holder for rolls of sheet material



July 24, 1951 c, w CEDERBERG 2,561,972

HOLDER FOR ROLLS OF SHEET MATERIALS Filed Feb. 5, l48

gnaw/boz- Patented July 24, 1951 HOLDER Fon Items on SHEET MATERIAL Carl W. Cederbcrg'Attleboro, Mass, assignor to Larson Tool & Stamping'C a corporation of Massachusetts Application February 5, 1943, Serial No. 6,495

' J1 Claim: (-01. 242-552) 1 I This invention relates to a holder fora roll of sheet material, such for instance as toiletpaper, and has'for one of its objects to provide a holder which will mechanicallyswing to open position when a latch is lifted.

Another object of this invention is to provide a holder having both of its arms which extend from the base symmetrical.

Another object of thisinvention is to provide a holder wherein both arms may be made from identical blanks and both supports for the roll may be made from identical pieces.

Another object of this invention is to provide a holder which, having all of the above desired characteristics, will also be so arranged that the roll cannot be removed from the holder until the roll of sheet material is'exhausted, thus guarding against theft.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which is simple to construct and assemble.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holde I with a roll of paper mounted thereon;

Figure 2 is a central sectional view on substantially line 2-2 of Figure 1 with the roll shown.

in dotted lines and one arm of the holder also being shown in dotted lines as swung to open position;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the holder;

Figure 4 is a perspective View of one of the roll mounting means;

Figure 5 is a perspective View of a spring for swinging one of the arms; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the outline, but are bent differently in their attach-' ment to the base, so that one may be rigidly connected to the base, and the other hingedly mounted on the base. The hinge mounting consists of a tongue extending loosely thorugh a slot in the base and merely rolled beneath the base, while a spring acts upon this tongue at such location as to cause the arm to swing through the slot as it is released from position. The spring finger attached to one of the arms engages a catch secured to the other of the arms, so that 'mounts the springfinger also carries a second spring finger formed; from the same piece of stock which will engage the inside ofthe roll of sheet material 'andtension the same; sofas to prevent rotation without some manual exertion. With reference to the drawingsflll designates the base;-ll, one arm; and I2, theother arm; while I3 designates the roll of sheet material, suchas toilet paper which is mounted nthe arms. v v

The base IOis a piece of struck-up sheet stock having a body plate l4 surrounded by 'a 'drav'vn flange [5 extending therefrom to stiffen the same. Across the center of this body there. is provided a raised ribbed portion l6 also for assisting in strengthening the plate. This raised ribbed portion is recessed as at l! and providedwith openings |8 through which screws mayl pass" for mounting the same upon a wall, such as shown in Figure 1. There are also provided, adjacent each of the ends of the plate, slots 20 and 2| which are of identical shape and size. Also, there are provided additional slots 22 at either side of the slot 20, and slots 23 at either side of' the slot 2|.

The arms II and I2 are of substantially identical construction as shown in Figure 6, each comprising a sheet of stock 25 which is raised or ribbed as at 26 along its center portion and flanged as at 21 along its opposite edges. These flanges are extended near the base of the arms so as to extend inwardly as at 28 from each of which there extends a projection 29 which will pass through the slots 22 for themounting of the arm l2 in position, and these extensions 29 will be bent inwardly, as shown in Figure 3; however, in the case of the arm ll, the extensions 29 are left in the same plane with the portion 28 to merely act as guides for the location of the arm H in position.

Each of the arms also has a tongue 30 extending from its base end. In the case of arm I 2, the tongue 30 extends through the slot 20 and is bent inwardly so that the arm is fixedly mounted in position by means of the inwardly bent tongue 30 as at 3| and the inwardly bent portions 29. However, in the case of arm H, the tongue 30 extends loosely through the slot 2| and is doubled back outwardly on itself as at 32 so as to engage the under surface of the base I 4 just inwardly from the flange I5. The arm ll thus becomes hingedly mounted on the base by reason of this tongue 30 being anchored by being bent over as shown in Figure 2 and the sloppy fit in the slot enabling it to be moved from the position shown in full lines in Figure 2 to the dotted line position in Figure 2, it being understood that the extensions 29 enter the slots 23 in order to align the arm in the full line position shown in Figure 2.

A spring designated generally 33, shown in perspective in Figure 5, is secured beneath the base by reason of; the fingers 34 which are bent from the stock which forms the slots 23 backwardly upon themselves so as to engage this spring 33 and hold it snugly in position. The" tongue portion 34 of the spring presses against the bent over tongue of the arm so as to hold it upwardly with its fulcrum end 35 against the under side of the base. to swing readily as a hinge initially about the point 35 from position; the fulcrum then shifts to the edge of the slot 2!. The spring enables this shifting to occur without jamming of the parts.

In order to maintain the roll of paper in position, sheet metal struck bosses 36 are mounted on each of the arms by rolling-the stock of the arms inwardly over the flanges 3! of these bosses; these bosses being cylindrical will extend into the opening in the roll of paper l3 so as to rotatably mount it in position;

Upon one of these bosses a hook-like catch 38 is secured, such for instance asby welding; while on the other boss, the U-shaped member designated generally 39 is secured b its bridge portion 40 being welded to the boss, from which there extends a resilient finger or latch 4| having an inturned end 42 to engage the catch 38. Thus,

when this finger 4| is lifted upwardly, as shown in Figure 2, the arm will swing outwardly to the dotted line position under influence of the spring 33. Another spring finger 43 extends from the bridge portion 40 and has an enlarged end 44 This enables the armwhich engages the inside 45 of the roll of paper so as to tension the same and prevent undue rotation.

By the arrangement of the finger 4i and catch 38 within the roll of paper when assembled in position, one does not have access to the releasing means for taking the roll of paper from position when it is assembled thereon, it being readily apparent, however, that the arm ll may be swung into a locked position by merely a pressure on the outside, as the roll of paper is slid over the arms 4| and 43.

I claim:

.A holder for a roll of sheet material comprising a base, a pair of arms extending from the base at generally right angles thereto, one of the arms being fixedly mounted on the base and the other of said arms being hinged to the base and provided with a catch, a U-shaped member of a single piece of material having a bridge fixed to the rigid arm and a pair of resilient fingers extending from the bridge toward the hinged arm, one of said fingers having a lip providing a latch to engage with said catch and the other of said fingers located to engage and friction against the inside of the core of a roll of sheet material mounted between said arms.

CARL W. CEDERBERG.

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